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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BIDE, v.i. To dwell; to inhabit.
1. To remain; to continue or be permanent, in a place or state. [Nearly antiquated.]
BIDE, v.t. To endure; to suffer. [See Abide.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" [syn: bide, abide, stay]

Merriam Webster's

verb (bode or bided; bided; biding) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English b?dan; akin to Old High German b?tan to wait, Latin fidere to trust, Greek peithesthai to believe Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. past usually bided to wait for — used chiefly in the phrase bide one's time 2. archaic withstand <two men…might bide the winter storm — W. C. Bryant> 3. chiefly dialect to put up with ; tolerate intransitive verb 1. to continue in a state or condition 2. to wait awhile ; tarry 3. to continue in a place ; sojourn • bider noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. archaic or dial. remain; stay. Phrases and idioms: bide one's time await one's best opportunity. Etymology: OE bidan f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bide Bide, v. t. 1. To encounter; to remain firm under (a hardship); to endure; to suffer; to undergo. Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm. --Shak. 2. To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bide Bide, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bided; p. pr. & vb. n. Biding.] [OE. biden, AS. b[=i]dan; akin to OHG. b[=i]tan, Goth. beidan, Icel. b[=i]??; perh. orig., to wait with trust, and akin to bid. See Bid, v. t., and cf. Abide.] 1. To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay. All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide In heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell. --Milton. 2. To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be. --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(bides, biding, bided) If you bide your time, you wait for a good opportunity before doing something. He was content to bide his time patiently, waiting for the opportunity to approach her. PHRASE: V inflects

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

bid: A variant of "abide" (which see); is the rendering of perimeno, in The Wisdom of Solomon 8:12 (the Revised Version (British and American) "they shall wait for me"). In Ac 1:4 the same word is translated "wait for."

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Endure, suffer, tolerate, bear, put up with, submit to, abide. 2. Abide, await, wait for. II. v. n. 1. Dwell, abide, stay, have one's home. 2. Remain, abide, wait, stay, lie still.

Moby Thesaurus

abide, abide with, await, bear, bear with, bide the issue, brave, brook, carry on, cease not, continue, continue to be, dally, dawdle, defeat time, defy time, delay, dig, dillydally, drag on, dwell, endure, exist, extend, go along, go on, hang about, hang around, hang in, hang in there, hang out, hang tough, hold, hold everything, hold on, hold out, hold steady, hold your horses, jog on, keep, keep going, keep on, last, last long, last out, linger, live, live on, live through, loiter, lump, lump it, maintain, mark time, never cease, perdure, perennate, persevere, persist, prevail, put up with, remain, run, run on, sit tight, sit up, sit up for, slog on, stagger on, stand, stand for, stay, stay on, stay up, stay up for, stick, stick around, subsist, suffer, support, survive, sustain, sweat, sweat it out, sweat out, take time, take up with, tarry, tide over, tolerate, wait, wait a minute, wait and see, wait for, wait on, wait up for, watch, watch and wait, wear, wear well